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Secondary alkyl halides and strong base: Sn2 vs E2
I got this question from the PYQs of a college entrance exam. According to the answer key, 4-chloro-3-methylpent-1-ene reacts with NaOH in water to give 4-hydroxy-3-methylpent-1-ene via the SN2 ...
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Does elimination occur when bromonapthalene is reacted with sodium amide in potassium hydroxide?
What should be the product of this reaction? Some books show that an elimination reaction would happen since $\ce{NH2-}$ is a strong enough base to take away a hydrogen on a benzene ring and create a ...
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How to determine if a reaction proceeds via SN1, SN2, E1 or E2 mechanism?
Give the main product and reaction type: SN1, SN2, E1 , E2.
As the 1-bromohexane is primary and the nucleophile a strong unhindered base, the reaction should be a SN2 reaction. However, the solvent $...
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